In Brief
A property buyer sued for a permanent injunction against threats of dispossession, but the courts below treated it as a title suit and declared his title despite no such relief being claimed. The Supreme Court held that the courts misconstrued the pleadings. A suit framed only for injunction cannot be converted into a title suit by finding title on the merits. The Court set aside the judgment, directing the parties to maintain status quo and pursue appropriate remedies. This reaffirms that courts must adjudicate suits strictly according to what was pleaded, not what they assume the parties really wanted.
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